The U.S. withdrawals from the Paris Agreement, the Iran Deal, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)- none have impacted the multilateral deals to come to an end in the absence of the United States. All these unilateral U.S. moves multiplied with the latest trade conflicts with the allies rejuvenated the opinion Angela Merkel shared last year- they “really must take our fate into our own hands.” […]

The Spanish Prime Minister Marian Rajoy has ruled out any mediation effort to resolve the Catalan crisis. Amid the Catalonia’s threat to secede, tens of thousands of people, many of whom were dressed in white, demanded talks to de-escalate the tension between Barcelona and Madrid. […]

Tens of thousands of poles take to the street as the government plans to put a controversial judicial bill in operation. The Senate, upper house of the Polish Parliament, approved the bill on Saturday that sparked a massive national outcry. […]